(Excerpted from The Attic.)
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Julie Mihaly attended Vassar College before earning a BFA & MFA in photography from The San Francisco Art Institute. After teaching photography for more than a decade at schools such as NYC’s School of Visual Arts & Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University, Mihaly contributed her talents as a photo director, editor & researcher to magazines such as Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly & Garden Design. She also worked on a film project for Al Gore & wrote for Martha Stewart Living, Budget Living & Organic Style before returning to the more full-time pursuit of her own photography. Mihaly has exhibited her photography in the U.S., Canada, & Britain, winning inclusion in a number of juried exhibitions. She is one of four 2018 recipients of a Working Artists Organization grant & won first prize in the SoHo Photo Gallery 2019 competition for excerpts from The Attic. Nine books of Mihaly’s work have been published, the latest of which are The Attic & When We Weren't Watching. Mihaly currently lives & works in the Hudson River Valley. To see more of her work please visit: http://www.juliemihaly.com/Photo.html